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"Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, Sanjay
Manjrekar, Sunil Gavaskar, members of
the Ceat Cricket Rating Governing Council with Harsh
Goenka, Vice Chairman of CEAT and
Srilanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan at the Press Conference
to announce the winners
of the 7th International CEAT Cricket Rating Awards
held on 28th January 2003
at the Cricket Club of India, Mumbai."
CEAT announces
winners of the
7th Annual CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards
CEAT Cricket Rating
today announced the winners of the 7th Annual
CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards for
the Year 2001-2002. Equivalent of the Oscars for the
international cricket fraternity, the Awards this year,
are in recognition of outstanding performance across
10 categories and include two special Awards: CEAT Greatest
Influence to the Game of Cricket and CEAT Leader of
the Indian Team.
The Awards comprise exclusive trophies
and prize money worth Rs. 2 million.
The Award Winners are:
| Awards based
on CEAT Cricket Ratings |
| CEAT International Cricketer of the
Year 2001-2002 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
| CEAT International Team of the Year 2001-2002 |
Australia |
| CEAT International Batsman of the Year 2001-2002 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| CEAT International Bowler of the Year 2001-2002 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
| CEAT International Fielder of the Year 2001-2002 |
Ricky Ponting |
| Awards based
on nominations by Panel of Judges |
| Speed CEAT Best Match Winning Performance 2001-2002
|
Virender Sehwag |
| CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award 2001-2002 |
Bishen Singh Bedi |
| CEAT Best Coach 2001-2002 |
Roger Binny |
| CEAT Best Sports Media Personality 2001-2002 |
Sharda Ugra |
| Special Awards |
| ICICI Lombard CEAT International Cricketer of
the Century |
Kapil Dev |
| CEAT Greatest Influence to the Game of Cricket |
Aamir Khan |
| CEAT Leader of the Indian Cricket Team in association
with Provogue |
Sourav Ganguly |
Announcing the winners,
Mr. Harsh Goenka, Vice Chairman, CEAT Limited,
said, “We are delighted to honour
the talents and hard work of the winners and celebrate
their victory alongwith cricket enthusiasts across the
globe. I congratulate our award winners and salute all
those who have made it to the top ranks in the CEAT
Cricket Ratings.”
The CEAT Panel of Judges
includes Mr. Ajit Wadekar, Mr. Ayaz Memon and Mr. Sanjay
Manjrekar.
These Awards will be given this evening
at the 7th International CEAT Cricket Rating Awards
ceremony being held at the Police Gymkhana, Marine Drive,
Mumbai.
The CEAT International Cricket Rating,
now into its eighth year, comprises a Player rating
and a Team rating. Performances of cricketers and cricket
teams in Tests and one-day internationals from 1st May
to 30th April are tracked and rated through a comprehensive
& easy to understand points system. The player and
team that top the rating are declared the CCR International
Cricketer of the Year and the CCR International Team
of the Year respectively.
Previous winners of the CEAT International Cricketer
of the Year Award are Brian Lara (1995-96), Venkatesh
Prasad (1996-97), Sanath Jayasuriya (1997-98), Jacques
Kallis (1998-99), Sourav Ganguly (1999-00) and Muttiah
Muralitharan (2000-01). The CEAT International Cricket
Team Award has been won by Pakistan (1996-97), Australia
(1997-98 and 1999-00) and South Africa (1998-99 and
2000-01).
The Official Partners
of the 7th International CEAT Cricket Rating Awards
are:
| Presenting Partner |
SPEED by Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Ltd. |
| Associate Partners |
CEAT Radials |
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Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. |
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Provogue |
| Official Partners
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| Insurance |
ICICI Lombard |
| Host |
Taj President |
| Internet |
Indiatimes.com |
| Outdoor |
Bright Advertising |
| Telecast |
MAX and Sony Entertainment Television |
| Event |
Cineyug Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
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